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Railroad Sleeper and Chair,

No. 241,724. Patented May 17, 188|;

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` JOHN C. BUPP, OF NEWARK, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JAMES H. RAY AND JAMES HASSINGER, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILROAD SLEEPER AND CHAIR.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,724, dated May 17, 1881.

Application tiled February 23, 1881.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. RUPT), a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of New Castle, State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad Sleepers and Chairs, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l. is a top or plan View of the sleeper and chair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a Vertical section in line a: Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is avertical section in line y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section in line z z, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a plan view ofthe parts separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

My invention relates to combined sleepers and chairs; and it consists in the construction and combination'of parts hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a sleeper formed ottwo sections, c c, one for each track, the upper outer end of each of which has an over-hanging part, B, forming a cheekpiece for one side of the base of the rail.

On the upperfface of the inner end of each of the sleepers are two anges, b b, which extend in the direction of thelength ofthe sleeper or at a right angle to the rals,and form a way, C, in which is ttted a sliding or movable cheekpiece, B', for the side of the hase of the rail opposite to the cheek-piece B, each section a, with the cheek-piece B and flanges b b, being cast or otherwise formed together ofmetal, the inner faces of the flanges being dovetailed or grooved, in order to guide the sliding cheekpiece, and prevent vertical displacement thereof, it being noticed that I produce a sleeper venting vertical displacement thereof.

The operation is asfollows: The two sections ct a of cach sleeper are properly laid in (No model.)

the rail, on the inner sides thereof, after which the coupling or connecting rod or bar D is attached to the sections by its ends entering the chair portions and secured, the disposition of parts being shown in Fig. l.

It will be seen that I produce a sleeper and chair which is cheap, strong, and durable, quickly and easily laid, and of few parts, and, as is evident, all parts are formed of metal.

It will also he seen that the connecting-rods or bars D prevent spreading of the sections, and serve to keep them firmly in position, besides acting as a lock for the sliding cheekpieces.

In order to prevent the longitudinal displacement or shifting of the rails, the top face of the part d (sleeper or chair) is provided with upwardlypi ojectinglugs E, which are so disposed that notches c in the base of the rail engage with said lugs.

When the ends of adjacent rails ineetyon the sleeper or chair, each rail has a notch, e, and two lugs, E, are employed for each sleeper or chair, as in Fig, 4, but otherwise a single lug and notch are sufficient, as shown in Fig. 5.

When the inner cheek-pieces are withdrawn from the rails the displacement of the latteris lreadily accomplished without interference of the lugs E, as is also the location ot" said cheek-` pieces on the flanges or bases of the tracks.

Having thus described my invention., what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sleeper having a lug or lugs, E, cheekpiece B, and way G, all on` its upper face, in

combination with a movable cheek-piece, B', and the notched rail, substantially as setforth. 2. The movable cheek-pieces B B and rod eD, in combination with sleepers A A, having 

